Religious leaders dealing with issue of religious homosexuals welcome Psychological Association's conclusions, which warn against reparative therapy but do not rule it out completely.

Rabbis, therapists and religious homosexuals have welcomed conclusions published by the Israeli Psychological Association on "conversion therapy", defining the document as "good news".

According to the religious leaders, the important thing is the fact that the committee believes a patient should be presented with the existing knowledge, which warns against reparative therapy, but that the possibility to change a person's sexual orientation should not be ruled out completely.

Article originally appeared on The LGBT World of Faith (http://outfaith.squarespace.com/).